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McCoy Tyner Jazz Piano Lick For Guitar

Posted on December 13, 2020April 22, 2024 by Modern Music Theory

This lick requires a bit of patience because the fingering is quite finickety due to the un- guitarist nature of the quartal set up, pentatonics and the nature of the intervals and their positioning on the guitar fingerboard.

McCoy Tyner Piano Lick employing alternate guitar picking for rhythmic fluency.

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Chords for the lick: 1st Part.

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Guitar Chord Shape for 1st part

Chords for the lick: 2nd Part.

Chord Shape for 2nd Part.

McCoy Tyner Jazz Piano Lick For Guitar “CHORDS” Example

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2 Short Bebop Jazz Guitar Lines [Breakdown]

Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by Modern Music Theory

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Bebop jazz Lick/line No1

Notice the off-beat set up and triplet figure that pushes the line along. This is a typical bebop phrasing technique. These simple little rhythmic figures are very common but give good command to jazz bebop phrasing.

Bebop off-beat and triplet figure for good rhythmical jazz phrasing

Jazz bebop line/lick No2

Notice the 8th note and the two 16th notes that propel the line along for a great swinging feel.

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Jazz/fusion improvisation Altered scale Theory Lesson

Posted on December 11, 2019December 26, 2019 by Modern Music Theory

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Today we will look at a John Mclaughlin alternate picking Jazz/Fusion improvisation cadence employing the altered dominant chord! Please watch the video below and then try it out yourself.

As you will see this cadence employs the Altered scale. It is a 2 [minor 7 flat 5] going to 5 [ “Altered Dominant”] 1 [major 7th]. This being Dm7 flat 5 G7 altered resolving to C major7.

I also employ a flat 5 substitution on the Dm7 flat 5. All of this resolves though and slips nicely into the altered dominant 5 chord. I also use pentatonics within the altered scale for rhythmic flow. Please look at the TAB/MUSIC below and play through it yourself to see and feel how it all “Naturally” unfolds. I employ alternate picking the same as John Mclaughlin.

John Mclaughlin alternate picking altered scale line Music/Tab

John Mclaughlin Alternate picking Altered scale jazz improviser line

VARIATION With an A flat Pentatonic shape replacing A flat minor/Major Arpeggio for the flat 5 substitution.

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Author: Clifford Martin Musical Artist: Guitar Gti

Modern Music Theory

Clifford Martin is a trained classical musician and composer. His 1st study being piano and composition and a deep study into the meticulous world of modern music theory. He also studied jazz piano and jazz drums privately. Clifford later came back to the guitar and studied in the jazz fusion style of John McLaughlin and Al di Meola. It was at this point that he put all of his years of learning together into one musical form This website is a sort of cataloging of ideas and musical concepts for exploitation and development in the arts of musical composition and improvisation. What started out as a jazz improvisation site has grown into a full blown, harmony, timbre, pitch and rhythm library. Peace, Enjoy!